tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941544177890787976.post8990747677880071423..comments2023-07-22T07:20:44.864-04:00Comments on The Cardboard Witch - Competitive Magic with a Casual Attitude: Of Limited Interest #2 - A Triple M11 Draft ReportThe Cardboard Witchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04109945892303535913noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941544177890787976.post-13857974999582637302010-09-09T12:02:25.522-04:002010-09-09T12:02:25.522-04:00Hi Nina,
Personally, I think rare redrafts are th...Hi Nina,<br /><br />Personally, I think rare redrafts are the best way to attract and more importantly to teach new players. I started drafting on a regular basis in Kitchener-Waterloo, at 2 different stores that both always re-drafted, and I thought it was a fantastic system. First and foremost, it forced you to learn to draft to win (never to "take the money and run", or take the money and 0-2 drop with a crappy deck), and as a new/casual player you could always take solace in the fact you were guaranteed at least 3 rares and/or foils at the end of the night regardless. The better you learned to draft, the better those rares/foils would be.<br /><br />Granted, there were no stupid-expensive mythic rares back then. (This was the end of Onslaught block, into Mirrodin, Kamigawa, Ravnica, Coldsnap.) I totally understand how painful it might be to rip a Vengevine, play it, and then have to give it up. Although, in the long run, the numerous Rav block shock lands I gave up were actually better cards for overall play value!<br /><br />But yeah, long story short, I think the best way to learn to draft is in an environment where drafting the best cards for your deck is the absolute priority, and you can just think of the rares you end up with as part of the prize - i.e., just like in all other types of tournament, the value you walk away with is dependent entirely on your skill.<br /><br />And here I am talking about draft skill when I'm rustier than a '28 John Deere in an overgrown field. But I used to not suck, and I learned to not suck by never having to first-pick a dual land. Sure, the first couple of goes you walk home with nothing better than a Dread Slag, but by the time Rav block was done, I could draft only a single rare - Rakdos Anthem - and walk out with an easy Hallowed Fountain and X amount of store credit on 4-0 (8-1) knowing that I earned it rather than ripped it.<br /><br />-SimonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com